This is an analysis of A Farewell by Alfred Lord Tennyson.

Flow down, cold rivulet, to the sea,
Thy tribute wave deliver:…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abaB abaB abaBXabaB
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,9,
  • Metre: 111100001 1101010 11111110 1101110 11011111 01001010 11111110 1101110 11011101 1111010 11110101 1101110 01010111 0101010 11111110 1101110
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 16

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

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